Newbury Park family wins popular vote in water video contest

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The Lazo family (from left), John, Bob, Elle and Jo, sit in the master bathroom of their Newbury Park home, where they made part of their award-wining short video "Don't Blow H2O" on water conservation.

The Lazo family of Newbury Park won the audience choice award with its video "Don't Blow H20" in the Water: Take 1 Short Film Contest offered by Ventura Water, Limoneira's Limco Del Mar and Patagonia.

"We had the contest as a way to generate conversation about water and to make it a little bit more organic for the public," said Shana Epstein, Ventura Water general manager. "When you get people from the outside world to talk about it, sometimes it will resonate more because it's meaningful to them. Sometimes as an organization, we get caught up in our own jargon."